Design

Carlo Mollino

Dimensions

H 86 / W 116 / D 60

ID

816

Description

Set of two armchairs from the original seating in the Rai Auditorium in Turin. These were designed in 1952 by Carlo Mollino. 
The armchairs with brass frames have been reupholstered in red velvet fabric from Métaphores (Sacre Coeur 71304 Brique 040) in keeping with the original design.

Numerous literary sources, such as

Giovanni Brino, Carlo Mollino: l’architettura come autobiografia, Rizzoli, 1987, p. 136; I. de Guttry, M. P. Maino, Il mobile italiano degli anni ‘40 e ‘50, Laterza, Bari 1992, p. 215.
Giuliana Gramigna, Repertorio 1950–2000, Allemandi, Turin, 2003, p. 56;
Edizioni GMT, Genoa, 2007, p. 54.